§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the cost of(a) doubling the carers premium and (b) raising the level of Income Support by (i) five per cent. and (ii) 10 per cent. for carers aged under 25 years in (A) Scotland and (B) the UK. [128176]
§ Mr. BayleyThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available in the tables.
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Cost for Scotland, 2001–02 £ million Cost of doubling carer premium 20 Cost of increasing IS Personal allowance by 5 per cent. for carers aged under 25 0.4 Cost of increasing IS personal allowance by 10 per cent. For carers aged under 25 0.7
Cost for GB, 2001–02 £ million Cost of doubling carer premium 180 Cost of increasing IS personal allowance by 5 per cent. for carers aged under 25 3.5 Cost of increasing IS personal allowance by 10 per cent. for carers aged under 25 6.5 Notes:
1. The estimates for doubling the carer premium assume that the carer premium will be raised to £28.30 for all recipients (presently £14.15 per week).
2. Costs are presented in cash prices. Costs of doubling the carer premium are rounded to the nearest £5 million. Costs of increasing current IS personal allowance for carers in receipt of the carer premium who are under the age of 25 is rounded to the nearest £100,000.
3. Costs are adjusted using administrative data and include Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit costs.
4. Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
Source
Costs are derived from the April 2000 Policy Simulation Model which is based on the 1997–8 Family Resources Survey (FRS).